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The Curious Papers of the Curious Dr. Stukeley
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The Curious Papers of the Curious Dr. Stukeley

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Andrés Gattinoni

A look at items in the Folger collection belonging to William Stukeley, an antiquarian with an interest in Robin Hood

Seeking and Finding: Using the Collection in an Undergraduate Writing Class
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Seeking and Finding: Using the Collection in an Undergraduate Writing Class

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James Dechary Ryan Hustedt

GWU students reflect on their experience using the Folger collections in Dr. Rachel Pollack’s first-year writing course.

Unsexing St. Agatha
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Unsexing St. Agatha

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Kris Massengale

To celebrate her feast day, explore the legend of Saint Agatha as told through Folger manuscript V.b.334

Race B4 Race 2024 Seminar 4: What We’re Reading and Why
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Race B4 Race 2024 Seminar 4: What We’re Reading and Why

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Kavita Mudan Finn
Sweet Blood: A Play in Progress
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Sweet Blood: A Play in Progress

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Camille Simone Thomas

Artistic Fellow Camille Thomas shares how research at the Folger helps inform her play, Sweet Blood.

A Collection-Inspired Zine
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A Collection-Inspired Zine

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Erika Giddens

I made a zine inspired by the Folger Shakespeare Library’s collection (and you can too!). 

Race B4 Race 2024 Seminar 3: What We’re Reading and Why
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Race B4 Race 2024 Seminar 3: What We’re Reading and Why

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Kavita Mudan Finn

In a continuation of a series, a member of the RaceB4Race Mentorship Network discusses what they’re reading and thinking about in their monthly Reading Group.

Even them?! Loving the neighbour in Shakespeare and early modern England
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Even them?! Loving the neighbour in Shakespeare and early modern England

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Roberta Kwan

Fellow Roberta Kwan discusses Shakespeare and loving thy neighbor

Anthony Trollope reads Christopher Marlowe
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Anthony Trollope reads Christopher Marlowe

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Kristen Abbott Bennett Laura Estill

Explore the (often biting) commentary that Victorian novelist Antony Trollope left in a copy of Marlowe’s plays.

Convivial Cleopatra
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Convivial Cleopatra

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Mira 'Assaf

An examination of Cleopatra’s racialized and sexualized queenship through the twinned theoretical frameworks of indigenous and queer conviviality

Covering Esther, or What Happens When Renaissance Woman Esther Inglis Exchanges Her Brush and Pen for a Needle: Examining Embroidery Through Reproduction
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Covering Esther, or What Happens When Renaissance Woman Esther Inglis Exchanges Her Brush and Pen for a Needle: Examining Embroidery Through Reproduction

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Christy Gordon Baty and Erin Harvey Moody

A behind the scenes look at the creation of a reproduction of one of the embroidered bindings on display in Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther Inglis.

Race B4 Race 2024 Seminar 2: What We’re Reading and Why
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Race B4 Race 2024 Seminar 2: What We’re Reading and Why

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Kavita Mudan Finn
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